News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
The Foreign Press Center of Japan [FPCJ] televised this special preview [in both Japanese and English] of the Ig Nobel Prize events, and discusses their place in Japanese Society. The FPCJ’s accompanying announcement says: The FPCJ invited Prof. Kiyoshi Furusawa, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Science Communication Office for Liberal Arts [SCOLA], College of Science, Rikkyo […]
“The Plight of the GASTROENTEROLOGIST” is a mini-opera premiering as part of the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. TICKETS to attend the ceremony (including the opera) on Thursday, September 18 are available. Alternatively, watch the live webcast. What It’s About Here’s a quick introduction to how the opera begins: Gastroenterology is a difficult profession! Distressingly […]
The Foreign Press Center Japan announces: “The FPCJ has invited Prof. Kiyoshi Furusawa to speak on the theme “Creativity of Japanese Researchers as Seen through the Ig Nobel Prize”. He will discuss the characteristics and originality of the past award-winning research and highlight key points to watch in this year’s [Ig Nobel] announcement.” This is […]
Farting Fish and 49 other weird and wonderful scientific discoveries, a new book about Ig Nobel Prize winners, will officially be published (ISBN 9780711298811) on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Author Alice Harman and illustrator Sam Wedelich gear it to juvenile readers. That includes at least a piece of everyone’s personality, does it not? Like the […]